In 1975, over 400 square kilometres of environmentally desecrated landscape existed in the Sudbury area, primarily as a result of past mining and forestry activities. As a result, a very negative national image was Sudbury's legacy which hindered future growth and development of the Region. From a planning perspective, this
environmental issue had become one of the foremost critical problems facing the Region and a classic problem solving exercise of major proportions. Although much of the basic and some of the applied research had been completed, the question of how to put these findings into operation om a community wide basis remained. Crucial in addressing this question was how to organize the program and obtain the necessary resources to actually reclaim the barren landscape.
This paper indicates how these issues were addressed and some
planning inferences which helped to ensure program success.